Lafayette schools to reopen Friday

Parents: 'Better safe than sorry'

10:48 PM,
Jan. 29, 2014

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Lafayette Parish public schools will be closed for the third day in a row today.

Officials had planned to re-open schools after they were closed Tuesday and Wednesday, but continuing wintry conditions reversed that decision.

Superintendent Pat Cooper said in an issued statement that officials wanted to ensure the safety of the nearly 20,000 public and private school students who would have to ride on buses across overpasses and bridges that could still be icy this morning. The overnight temperature was expected to fall to 21 degrees; however, no additional precipitation was forecast. ...